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Ophthalmic Genetics Study Club 2024 – Chicago Hybrid Meeting

Thursday, October 17  –  Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

OGSC 2024 – Final Program

Moderators: Elias I. Traboulsi & Virginia M. Utz

Session 1

Rebecca Procopio, MS, CGCWills Eye Hospital

MORC2-related Neurodevelopmental and Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder and Klinefelter syndrome: Genetic and Ocular Findings

David L. Rousso, Ph.D, Aditya Saxena, Ph.D  – Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

RPE65 Update:
-Safety and Durability of Voretigene Neparvovec for Biallelic RPE65-Mediated Inherited Retinal Disease: Phase 3 Results at 8 and 9 Years
-Genetic epidemiology of RPE65-mediated inherited retinal disease in the United States

Janice Lasky Zeid, M.D.Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University

The Long and Short of it: Expanding the Phenotype and Ocular Manifestations of Neurofibromatosis 1 Microdeletion Syndrome

Nieraj Jain, M.D.Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Congenital X-Linked Retinoschisis

Kimerly Stepien, MD – University of WI- Madision Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Could Estrogen reduce the Split?

Andy Drackley, MS, CGC – Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago 

Ophthalmological Manifestations in a Pediatric Population with Stickler Syndrome Types I and II

Fyqah Almahmoudi, MDKing Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Macular dystrophy, what is the missing puzzle piece?

Schedule

Title

Presenter

7:00 Breakfast/Catching up
7:25 Welcome Elias I. Traboulsi, MD, MEd
Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute
Virginia Utz, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
7:30 Awardee Presentation
“MORC2-related Neurodevelopmental and Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder and Klinefelter syndrome: Genetic and Ocular Findings”
Rebecca Procopio, MS, CGC
Wills Eye Hospital
7:45 RPE65 Update:
– Safety and Durability of Voretigene Neparvovec for Biallelic RPE65-Mediated Inherited Retinal Disease: Phase 3 Results at 8 and 9 Years
– Genetic epidemiology of RPE65-mediated inherited retinal disease in the United States
David L. Rousso, Ph.D
Aditya Saxena, Ph.D
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
8:05 The Long and Short of it: Expanding the Phenotype and Ocular Manifestations of Neurofibromatosis 1 Microdeletion Syndrome Janice Lasky Zeid, M.D.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University
8:20 Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Congenital X-Linked Retinoschisis Nieraj Jain, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine
8:35 Could Estrogen reduce the Split? Kimerly Stepien
MD University of WI- Madision Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
8:50 Ophthalmological Manifestations in a Pediatric Population with Stickler Syndrome Types I and II Andy Drackley, MS, CGC
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
9:05 Macular dystrophy, what is the missing puzzle piece? Fyqah Almahmoudi, MD
King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia
9:20 Coffee Break

Session 2

Patrick J. Droste MS, MD – Pediatric Ophthalmology PC

Genetic Basis for Bilateral Optic Atrophy, Bilateral Medial Rectus Hypoplasia, Oligophrenia and Stroke in 31 y/o Male

Jennifer Rossen, MD – Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Phenotypic variability of MAF-Associated Congenital Cataracts: Isolated or Syndromic?

Megan Soucy, MS, CGC – Columbia University – Department of Ophthalmology

Compound Heterozygous Nonsense and Frameshift Mutations in Exon 43 of EYS Causing Reduced Penetrance

Ari August, MDWills Eye Hospital

Genotypic and Phenotypic Expansion of ADAMTS18-Related Ocular Pathology

Savleen Kaur, MD, DNB, FICO, FAICOPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India

Genetic variants in patients with bilateral congenital cataracts in a large cohort from North India

Lev Prasov, MD, PhDUniversity of Michigan

Lessons learned from the ClinGen Gene and Variant Curation Expert Panels

Arif Khan, MDCleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Macular scars from prior ocular toxoplasmosis infection?

Brenda L. Bohnsack, MD, PhDAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Compound heterozygous CYP1B1 variants in juvenile open angle glaucoma (JOAG)

Monique Leys, MDWVU Eye Institute

INTS11 neurodevelopmental disorder with electronegative ERG

Schedule

Title 

Presenter

9:40 Genetic Basis for Bilateral Optic Atrophy, Bilateral Medial Rectus Hypoplasia, Oligophrenia and Stroke in 31 y/o Male Patrick J. Droste MS, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmology PC
9:55 Phenotypic variability of MAF-Associated Congenital Cataracts: Isolated or Syndromic? Jennifer Rossen, MD
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
10:10 Awardee Presentation
“Compound Heterozygous Nonsense and Frameshift Mutations in Exon 43 of EYS Causing Reduced Penetrance”
Megan Soucy, MS, CGC
Columbia University – Department of Ophthalmology
10:25 Genotypic and Phenotypic Expansion of ADAMTS18-Related Ocular Pathology Ari August, MD
Wills Eye Hospital
10:40 Genetic variants in patients with bilateral congenital cataracts in a large cohort from North India Savleen Kaur, MD, DNB, FICO, FAICO
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
10:55 Lessons learned from the ClinGen Gene and Variant Curation Expert Panels Lev Prasov, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
11:10 Macular scars from prior ocular toxoplasmosis infection? Arif Khan, MD
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
11:25 Compound heterozygous CYP1B1 variants in juvenile open angle glaucoma (JOAG) Brenda L. Bohnsack, MD, PhD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
11:40 INTS11 neurodevelopmental disorder with electronegative ERG Monique Leys, MD
WVU Eye Institute
11:55 Lunch Break  

Session 3

Arlene Drack, MDUniversity of Iowa 

Tribute to Frank Judisch, MD

Distinguished Special Lecture

Johane Robitaille, MD

“Saturday Night FEVR and Three Decades of Research in Maritime Canada”

Irene H Maumenee, MDCUIMC/Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute

Thirty-year follow-up of surgical repair of congenital ectopia lentis including DNA analysis

Ian MacDonald, MSc, MD, CMUniversity of Montreal 

Homozygous deletion in P-CARE results in a maculopathy and cone-rod dystrophy

Scott Brodie, MD, PhDColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Pigmentary retinopathy and optic disc swelling in siblings with ABCA4 mutations

Diana Brightman, PhD, MSCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 

Association of colobomas with variants in the Rho family of small GTPases and effector genes

Alina Dumitrescu, MDUniversity of Iowa 

Amblyopia Not Responding to Treatment

Emily Levine, MDDartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Microcephaly and chorioretinopathy in a child born to an Ophthalmology resident: perspectives as a doctor and mother in training

Schedule

Title

Presenter

12:40 Tribute to Frank Judisch, MD Arlene Drack, MD
University of Iowa
12:50 Distinguished Special Lecture
“Saturday Night FEVR and Three Decades of Research in Maritime Canada”
Johane Robitaille, MD
13:40 Thirty-year follow-up of surgical repair of congenital ectopia lentis including DNA analysis Irene H Maumenee, MD
CUIMC/Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
13:55 Homozygous deletion in P-CARE results in a maculopathy and cone-rod dystrophy Ian MacDonald, MSc, MD, CM
University of Montreal 
14:10 Pigmentary retinopathy and optic disc swelling in siblings with ABCA4 mutations Scott Brodie, MD, PhD
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
14:25 Association of colobomas with variants in the Rho family of small GTPases and effector genes Diana Brightman, PhD, MS
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 
14:40 Amblyopia Not Responding to Treatment Alina Dumitrescu, MD
University of Iowa 
14:55 Microcephaly and chorioretinopathy in a child born to an Ophthalmology resident: perspectives as a doctor and mother in training Emily Levine, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center 
15:10 Coffee Break  

Session 4

Emily McCourt, MDUniversity of Colorado

Results of the first patient-customized intravitreally-administered antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) for a patient with retinal dystrophy caused by an intronic pseudogene.

Matt Benson, MDUniversity of Alberta

A case of fish-eye disease caused by novel variants in LCAT

Kati Veres, MDNational Eye Institute/NIH

Deep phenotyping reveals novel ophthalmic findings in Smith-Lemli-Optiz Syndrome

Noor Ghali, M.S.Case Western Reserve University SOM 

Case Presentation

Kirill ZaslavskyMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Ellipsoid zone optical gap and cone-rod dystrophy secondary to ABCA4 p.Pro143Leu variant

Ramiro Maldonado, MDDuke Eye Center

Ultracompact hand-held swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-HH-OCT) as a novel diagnostic modality for early-onset retinal dystrophies (EORDS)

Dan Chung, DOSparingVision

Presentation

Schedule

Title

Presenter

15:30 Results of the first patient-customized intravitreally-administered antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) for a patient with retinal dystrophy caused by an intronic pseudogene Emily McCourt, MD
University of Colorado
15:45 A case of fish-eye disease caused by novel variants in LCAT Matt Benson, MD
University of Alberta
16:00 Deep phenotyping reveals novel ophthalmic findings in Smith-Lemli-Optiz Syndrome Kati Veres, MD
National Eye Institute/NIH
16:15
Case Presentation
Noor Ghali, M.S.
Case Western Reserve University SOM
16:30 Ellipsoid zone optical gap and cone-rod dystrophy secondary to ABCA4 p.Pro143Leu variant Kirill Zaslavsky
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
16:45 Ultracompact hand-held swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-HH-OCT) as a novel diagnostic modality for early-onset retinal dystrophies (EORDS) Ramiro Maldonado, MD
Duke Eye Center
17:00
Presentation
Dan Chung, DO
SparingVision
if time permits Case Presentation Scott Brodie, MD, PhD
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Concluding Remarks / Adjourn
OGSC Business Meeting

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